Archive for May 2010

The summer issue of World Ark magazine will hit mailboxes in less than two weeks. Before it does, take a few minutes to revisit the spring issue online.
Donna Stokes took us to a women's project in Nepal.
Ragan Sutterfield looked at Haiti's pig

We love farmers markets. They are a great way for small farmers to sell their products and earn a sustainable living. They are a place for a community to gather and meet the people who grow their food. And of course we love the fresh vegetables,

This post was contributed by Heifer Staff Writer Brooke Edwards
I read a post on Brazen Careerist this morning titled, 11 Reasons Why New College Grads Should Pursue Nonprofit Careers. The author, Rosetta Thurman, reflects on how many

Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee
The Monument of the African Renaissance in Dakar, Senegal, is magnificent. Enormous. Glowing and majestic. It's the first thing visitors see when they're flying into the airport, and on its hilltop perch it's visible

Basket Making 101 from Heifer International on Vimeo.
In Fandene, a village on the western side of Senegal, palms are the most important trees. The oil is used for cooking, the fruit is grilled and eaten by both people and animals, and the fronds

Two young men in tree-starved Mumbai, India, decided to pool rupees with friends, buy a few tree saplings and plant them. What started very small has turned into The Sapling Project, which encourages people in any country to make a difference in

In his Sunday NYTimes op-ed column, Nicholas Kristof took on the uncomfortable topic of how the poor spend what little money they have. Kristof, with data to back it up, asserts that
"... if the poorest families spent as much money educating

Before the written word came to Senegal, storytellers known as griots were the keepers of history. Translator Mbouille Diallo talks about these mystical storytellers in the video below.
Video by Geoff Oliver BugbeeAustin Bailey was in Senegal last

Its 110 degrees and blowing dust while Khady Sarr stands over a pot of millet simmering on an open flame. All around the village of Diarrere, other women are doing the same. Smoke rises from sandy courtyards encircled by mud brick huts and

Dan Pallotta's Harvard Business Review blog posted this week turns conflict of interest on its head.
Pallotta, author of the book Uncharitable, writes regularly about how an emphasis created by watchdogs on keeping overhead costs low is often